apagoge, pl. apagogai · Lit. “dragging away,” i.e., to the appropriate magistrate. Summary arrest was permitted against certain categories of criminal, such as thieves and highwaymen, if they were caught ep’ autophori—red handed. If the accused admitted his guilt before the magistrate he was promptly executed; only if he claimed to be innocent was he put on trial. See also sv. ephegesis.